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HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex
HCO POLICY LETTER OF 16 JANUARY 1969
(Reissued from Flag Order No. 1734,
same date and title)
Remimeo
TARGETS, TYPES OF
There are several VALUES of targets. Not all targets are the same value
or importance.
There are, in any org "understood" or continuing targets which came from
FOs or Pol Ltrs and Mission Orders.
PRIMARY TARGETS
There is a group of "understood" targets which if overlooked, brings
about inaction.
The first of these is
SOMEBODY THERE
Then
WORTHWHILE PURPOSE
Then
SOMEBODY TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AREA OR ACTION
Then
FORM OF ORGANIZATION PLANNED WELL
Then
FORM OF ORGANIZATION HELD OR REESTABLISHED
Then
ORGANIZATION OPERATING
If we have the above "understood" targets we can go on BUT IF THESE DROP
OUT OR ARE NOT SUBSTITUTED FOR then no matter what targets are set
thereafter they will go rickety or fail entirely.
In the above there may be a continual necessity to reassert one or more
of the "understood" targets WHILE trying to get further targets going.
VITAL TARGETS
Under this heading comes WHAT WE MUST DO TO OPERATE AT ALL.
This requires an inspection of both the area one is operarating into and
the factors or materiel or organization with which we are operating.
One then finds those points (sometimes WHILE operating) which stop or
threaten future successes. And sets the overcoming of the vital ones as
targets.
CONDITIONAL TARGETS
It is interesting that one can go into an art type "perfection" with
targets and groom up Primary Targets far beyond the need to accomplish
purposes.
You've seen chaps work all their lives to "get rich" or some such thing
in order to "tour the world" and never make it. Some other fellow sets Tour
the world and goes directly at it and does it. So there is a type of Target
known as a Conditional Target: If I could just ..... then we could .....
and so accomplish ..... This is all right of course until it gets unreal.